The miners are suspected to have died of starvation and dehydration, although no causes of death have been released.

By Nellie Peyton and Xolani Nhlapo STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -South African rescuers ended their attempts on ...

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...

The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, ...

South African police lowered a camera down more than a mile (1.5 km) underground into an illegal gold mine on Thursday to ...

Arguing that the miners had entered the mine without permission, authorities reportedly cracked down by cutting off their ...

Authorities faced growing anger and a possible investigation over their initial refusal to help the miners and instead “smoke ...

No more illegal miners are believed to be trapped underground at a gold mine in South Africa, volunteers working with rescue ...

In a police crackdown at an illegal gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, 78 people died and hundreds were rescued. The ...

At least 100 illegal miners have died and more than 400 remain trapped underground after a months-long standoff with police, ...

At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an illegal gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water ...